HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Burning Clothing
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Burning Draft Cards
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Sit-Ins
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Burning Down Recruitment Centers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Draft-card burning became one of the most iconic forms of protest during the war. It was a gesture made by young men who wished to buck the system but were not comfortable with more extreme measures such as going to Canada, participating in riots, or destroying induction centers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ironically, as the draft continued to fuel the war effort, it also grew the anti-war cause. In almost every major city in the nation, an anti-draft protest took place. Draft cards were burned, Selective Service buildings were protested, and teach-ins and sit-ins were continual events.
Detailed explanation-3: -The SDS March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam, held on April 17th, 1965, turned out to be the largest peace protest up to that point in American history, drawing between 15, 000 and 25, 000 college students and others to the nation’s capital.